In the words of the song, the waiting is the hardest part. But is it? This is a story about what might have happened after Jim was shot, as Christie and others wait at the hospital to find out whether Jim would wake up, whether he would live or die.

What do we really know about Jimmy Dunbar? His life before the bank, before the blindness, is a blank canvas, up to our own imaginations to complete. This is my attempt to bring his past to life, to understand the man he was Before There Was Darkness.